FC Barcelona is the next opponent for Panathinaikos in Euroleague. The two teams will face each other on Friday (31/1, 21.30) at OAKA for Euroleague Top16 day 5. Double practice was scheduled for today. All players were present.
History
This game will the 29th between the two teams. Spaniards have recorded 16 victories.
Competition Phase Game Score
Champions' Cup 1981-82 Semifinal Panathinaikos-Barcelona 79-89
Champions' Cup 1981-82 Semifinal Barcelona-Panathinaikos 113-83
Euroleague 1993-94 3rd-4th place Panathinaikos-Barcelona 100-83
Euroleague 1995-96 QF Barcelona-Panathinaikos 63-57
Euroleague 1995-96 QF Panathinaikos-Barcelona 74-95
Euroleague 1995-96 Final Panathinaikos-Barcelona 67-66
Euroleague 1996-97 Phase A Barcelona-Panathinaikos 77-58
Euroleague 1996-97 Phase A Panathinaikos-Barcelona 79-75
Euroleague 2003-04 Top16 Panathinaikos-Barcelona 66-84
Euroleague 2003-04 Top16 Barcelona-Panathinaikos 64-67
Euroleague 2006-07 Top16 Panathinaikos-Barcelona 102-82
Euroleague 2006-07 Top16 Barcelona-Panathinaikos 87-66
Euroleague 2007-08 Reg.Season Panathinaikos-Barcelona 76-66
Euroleague 2007-08 Reg.Season Barcelona-Panathinaikos 55-56
Euroleague 2008-09 Reg.Season Barcelona-Panathinaikos 90-66
Euroleague 2008-09 Reg.Season Panathinaikos-Barcelona 76-87
Euroleague 2009-10 Top16 Barcelona-Panathinaikos 83-71
Euroleague 2009-10 Top16 Panathinaikos-Barcelona 67-70
Euroleague 2010-11 QF Barcelona-Panathinaikos 83-82
Euroleague 2010-11 QF Barcelona-Panathinaikos 71-75
Euroleague 2010-11 QF Panathinaikos-Barcelona 76-74
Euroleague 2010-11 QF Panathinaikos-Barcelona 78-67
Euroleague 2011-12 3rd-4th place Panathinaikos-Barcelona 69-74
Euroleague 2012-13 Play Offs Barcelona-Panathinaikos 72-70
Euroleague 2012-13 Play Offs Barcelona-Panathinaikos 65-66
Euroleague 2012-13 Play Offs Panathinaikos-Barcelona 65-63
Euroleague 2012-13 Play Offs Panathinaikos-Barcelona 60-70
Euroleague 2012-13 Play Offs Barcelona-Panathinaikos 64-53
Numbers
Dimitris Diamantidis leads the Turkish Airlines Euroleague this season with 7.9 assists per game, which is also the best mark of his distinguished career. Panathinaikos leads the competition in steals, with 8.3 per game. Diamantidis has recorded at least 1 steal in 11 consecutive games. Diamantidis needs 34 points to reach the 2,000-point milestone in his Euroleague career. He would become the 14th player to reach that mark and would be only the fifth active Euroleague on that list.
Stephane Lasme leads the Turkish Airlines Euroleague in fouls committed this season with 53 (4.1 fouls per game).
Ramel Curry has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven consecutive Euroleague games. He is shooting 14 for 25 from downtown (56%) over that stretch. Curry has made 9 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action. Loukas Mavrokefalidis has made 11 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action.
Head coach Argiris Pedoulakis has used 11 different players in the starting lineup so far this season. Only James Gist has started every Euroleague game.
"Relatives"
Roko Ukic played for FC Barcelona during the 2006-07 season. Juan Carlos Navarro is the only current Barcelona player that remains from that team. Barcelona won the Spanish Copa del Rey that season.
Ukic was a teammate of Barcelona big man Erazem Lorbek at Lottomatica Roma during the 2007-08 season.
Ukic has played alongside Barcelona center Ante Tomic over recent summers on the Croatian national team, including this past summer’s EuroBasket 2013, in which Ukic led the team in assists (3.2 apg.) and Tomic in rebounds (7.2 rpg.) in leading Croatia to the semifinals.
Kostas Papanikolaou won gold medals with the Greek junior national teams at the 2008 Under-18 European Championships and the 2009 U-20 European Championships alongside current Panathinaikos players Nikos Pappas and Vladimir Jankovic.
Loukas Mavrokefalidis played in FC Barcelona in 2012-13.
